Rights of Unit Employees. 1. Unit Employees may request to have a representative of the Association present at any meeting they reasonably believe could result in disciplinary action being taken against that Unit Employee or any meeting involving work-related counseling for that Unit Employee. The Unit Employee will have a reasonable amount of time to obtain Association representation, no less than three (3) full weekday workdays from the time of notification by management of the intent to hold such a meeting.
Rights of Unit Employees. A. All employees have the right to have the Union serve as their meet and confer representative without discrimination based on membership or non-membership in the Union or any other organization. Whenever the terms “employee, Unit employees, grievant” or some derivation of those, is used in this MOU it shall be synonymous with the term “Unit member.”
B. Union employees have the right to be represented or not to be represented by the Union in dealings with the City concerning grievances and matters pertaining to their individual employment rights and obligations.
C. It is understood by the parties that the benefits granted by Section 1-4 of Article 1 shall not be interpreted or applied as requiring the employer to count as time worked any hours or fractions of hours spent outside the employee's work shift in pursuit of benefits provided by this Section. The employer shall count as paid leave any hours or fractions of hours spent within the employee's regular work shift in pursuit of benefits provided by this Section.
D. An employee may request that documents be purged from his Departmental Personnel File as provided in Fire Department Operations Manual, Section 5, #105.11.
Rights of Unit Employees. It is understood by the parties that the benefits granted by this Article shall not be interpreted or applied as requiring the City to count as time worked, any hours or fractions of hours spent outside the employee's work shift in pursuit of benefits provided by this Article.
A. All Unit employees and stewards have the right to have the Union serve as their "meet and confer" representative as set forth in the Meet and Confer Ordinance without discrimination or retaliation based on membership or non-membership in the Union or any other organization.
B. Unit employees have the right to be represented by the Union in dealings with the City concerning grievances, and if personally requested by the employee during the conduct of a management initiated investigatory interview concerning allegations focused on the employee, which may result in disciplinary action against the employee for violation of City or department work rules or regulations. Prior to the employee being interviewed, a supervisor will advise the employee of the right to a representative. An interview becomes investigatory when facts or evidence sought by management may result in any disciplinary action against the employee being interviewed. The employee shall be entitled to receive a copy of any statement that the employee is instructed to sign. A Unit member that is under investigation for any discipline, and who is interviewed or requested to respond in writing, will be given a written statement informing the employee of the nature of the investigation and the allegations against the employee. The written statement will also notify the Unit member that the employee has the right to have a representative attend the investigatory meeting. The employee and/or representative may ask for a caucus during the meeting. Prior to the conclusion of the meeting the member or representative will have the opportunity to make a closing statement. An employee under investigation will be notified in writing every three (3) months as to the current status of the investigation. This will include a brief description of the number of known witnesses still to be interviewed and other investigative processes remaining to be completed, as well as an estimated date of completion. The employee shall have a minimum of seventy-two (72) hours excluding weekends (N days) to respond to requests for information concerning an investigation. The employee shall have a right to know if his or her accuser is a city employee or...
Rights of Unit Employees. Employees in the unit shall have, and shall be protected in the exercise of, the right, freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal, to form, join and assist the BMTC and any other labor organization or to refrain from any such activity. Except as expressly provided hereinafter and in the Act, the freedom of such Employees to assist any labor organization shall be recognized as extending to participation in the management of the BMTC and acting for the organization in the capacity of a Council or an organization representative, including presentation of its views to the officials of the Executive Branch, the Congress, or other appropriate authority and to engage in collective bargaining with respect to conditions of employment through the BMTC. The Employer shall take such action, consistent with law or other directives from higher authority, as may be required in order to assure that Employees are apprised of the rights described in this Article, and that no interference, restraint, coercion, or discrimination is practiced within the Activity to encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization.
